# NTSB CHI95LA094: Beech 1900, N130UE, Minneapolis, MN, March 6, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 5, 1995, 19:08 local (Mar 6, 1995, 01:08 UTC) - Place: Minneapolis, MN - Coordinates: 44.88063, -93.219581 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8806&lon=-93.2196&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 18 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 24, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9844 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA094 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9844/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA094 ## Probable cause the pilot-in-command's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles during taxi operations. Related factors are the dark night light conditions and the wrong taxi route. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing - light condition - dark night (contributing factor) - wrong taxi route, pilot in command (contributing factor) - object - other - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis THE PILOT STATED AS THEY TAXIED FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE PARKING AREA THEY ENCOUNTERED AIR CARRIER TRAFFIC. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LEAVE THE TAXIWAY AND CROSS THE COMMUTER AIRPLANE PARKING RAMP RATHER THAN PASS BEHIND THE LARGER AIRPLANE. AS IT TAXIED ON THE PARKING RAMP, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK AN UNTENDED BAGGAGE CART AND STEP STOOL. THE PILOT STATED IT WAS A DARK NIGHT AND THE PARKING RAMP WAS NOT WELL LIGHTED WHERE THE COLLISION OCCURRED. ## Factual narrative On March 5, 1995, about 1908 central standard time, a Beech 1900, N130UE, registered to Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., and operated as United Express Flight 6048, collided with an untended baggage cart and step stool while taxiing to parking at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The airplane received substantial damage as a result of the collision. The two flight crew members and 16 passengers on board the airplane reported no injuries. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight operated on an IFR flight plan. The flight operated under 14 CFR Part 135, and originated from Des Moines, Iowa, approximately 1747. The Captain reported the flight was cleared to parking via the inner Echo (E) taxiway. He stated as they neared the commuter airplane parking area, they encountered a DC-9 positioned on the inner taxiway centerline, blocking their progress. The Captain reported he considered taxiing around the DC-9 on the outer Echo taxiway, but decided against it because of other traffic and the DC-9 jetwash. Instead, the Captain elected to taxi on the parking ramp, passing between a parked commuter airplane and the DC-9. He reported he and the first officer did not observe any obstacles on the parking ramp, and proceeded to taxi "...at an extremely slow taxi speed..." past the stationary airplanes. The Captain stated as they passed between the airplanes they heard a loud noise and felt extreme vibrations, as the airplane struck the untended objects. The Captain stated the night was dark, with light snow falling, and the parking ramp was not well lit. He stated there was no reflective tape on the baggage cart or step stool, nor was there anything else to draw attention to the objects. He indicated he had turned off the taxi light (per company general operating procedures) so as not to blind the DC-9 flight crew. ## Aircraft - Registration: N130UE (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: BEECH 1900 - Category: Airplane - Serial number: VC130 - Airframe hours: 9668 - Engines: P&W PT6A-65B turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Great Lakes Aviation, Inc., doing business as United Express - Registered owner: Beech Acceptance Corp., Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, March 1, 1995 - Departed: DSM, DES MOINES, IA - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: MSP, Minneapolis/St. Paul Intl ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,982 total, 457 in this make and model, 1,964 as pilot in command, 134 in the last 90 days, 69 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark - Wind: 10° at 9 knots - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,900 ft overcast - Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 23 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19950305007629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950305007629A), Mar 5, 1995: Beech 1900, Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Due to other traffic, struck baggage cart in a parking area. (-23) great lakes aviation flt 6048, operating as united express, was involved in a ground… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.